A WILDFIRE IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN MIGHT CONTINUE TO BURN FOR DAYS. IT'S 90 PERCENT CONTAINED. THE FIRE SCORCHED 8- THOUSAND-700 ACRES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER A SPARK FROM A PIECE OF LOGGING EQUIPMENT STARTED THE FIRE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERIOR AREAS THAT ARE BURNING AND HOT AND WITH THIS WARM DRY WEATHER IT REKINDLES PLANES FROM CANADA ARE HAVE EVEN COME IN TO HELP WITH THE FIRE. THE D-N-R IS WARNING PEOPLE OF AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS IN DOUGLAS AND BAYFIELD COUNTIES AND COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE FIRE. A FIRE LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT. 12 NEWS ABE LUBETKIN INVESTIGATES HOW ONE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED, PLUS WHAT THIS WILDFIRE MEANS FOR HOMEOWNERS. WHEN THIS LAKE COUNTRY FIRE TRUCK ROLLS OUT, IT'S NOW EQUIPPED WITH WHATEVER FIREFIGHTERS MIGHT NEED TO FIGHT GRASS FIRES. THE CREW HERE JUST RECENTLY LOADED A BROOM FILLED THE WATER TANK CONNECTED TO THE HOSES AND THREW ON INDIVIDUAL HOSES FOR FIREFIGHTERSALL SO THAT THEY'RE READY. IT'S TRAINING OUR STAFF TO BE PREPARED. FIREFIGHTER BRAD BOWEN SAYS WHEN CONDITIONS GET DRIER, THERE'S ONE COMMON CALL ALONG THE INTERSTATE. SOMEBODY THROWS A CIGARETTE BUTT OUTSIDE OR OUTSIDE IN THE GARBAGE AND THEY SMOLDER FOR A COUPLE HOURS. AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE'RE BEING CALLED OUT FOR A FULL BLOWN GRASS FIRE OR BRUSH FIRE. THOSE FIRES CAN BE WORST IN STATE PARKS, WHICH IS WHY HERE AT OTTAWA LAKE STATE PARK, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT ANNE KORMAN MONITORS CONDITIONS CLOSELY. AS WE GET THROUGH LONGER DRIER PERIODS THEN THE RISK GOES UP AND WE KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. UNLIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, THIS PARK IS GREEN, AND THE FIRE RISK HERE IS LOW. ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT GREENERY - -THIS FIELD. IT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THE DNR DID A CONTROLLED BURN. THEY'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE LATER ON THE IN THE SUMMER. WE'RE STARTING OUT RISK FREE AT LEAST FOR US SO FAR THIS SUMMER. AND THAT MEANS PARK VISITORS LIKE CORY BRAATZ AND ADAM GRIFFITH CAN HAVE CAMPFIRES. I LOVE DOING CAMPFIRES. THAT'S PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. JUST GETTING WITH YOUR FRIENDS. WHILE CAMPFIRES ARE OK AT SOME STATE PARKS IN OUR AREA... THE DNR HAS SUSPENDED ALL BURN PERMITS. THOSE ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BURN THINGS ON THEIR PROPERTY. THAT ISSUE IS STATEWIDE. LIVE IN DELAFIELD, ABE LUBETKIN, WISN 12 NEWS.